Sunday, July 28, 2002
John Fay's MLB power rankings
By John Fay, jfay@enquirer.com
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Enquirer Reds beat writer John Fay calls 'em like he sees 'em:
1. NY Yankees: Rivera on DL, resting for October
2. Atlanta: Sheffield on base 51 straight games
3. Anaheim: Swept Mariners, beat A's, now get M's again
4. Seattle: Must fend off Disney takeover
5. Arizona: Concern about Unit, but others stepping up
6. Minnesota: In Central race, like Secretariat at Belmont
7. Boston: Starting to lose sight of Yankees
8. Oakland: Durham will run for team that can't
9. St. Louis: 17-2 in last 19 vs. Cubs at Busch
10. Los Angeles: Nothing like Giants for wakeup call
11. San Francisco: All 3 outfielders have bad hamstrings
12. NY Mets: Alomar, Mo finally hitting like Alomar, Mo
13. REDS: Have 7 games left vs. St. Louis
14. Houston: Off-kilter B's: Bagwell, Biggio
15. Florida: Because they don't have Dempster?
16. Montreal: Starting to contract
17. Baltimore: Some nice youngsters in wrong division
18. Colorado: Last team without a complete game
19. Chicago White Sox: South-siders going that way
20. Pittsburgh: Post-break surge is over
21. Philadelphia: Start the Rolen countdown
22. Cleveland: Tribulations for Tribe
23. Toronto: Marching minus Mondesi
24. Chicago Cubs: Beat me in St. Louis
25. Kansas City: Swept by Tigers? Oh my
26. San Diego: OK at home, dreadful on road
27. Texas: But hey, they've got Kenny Rogers
28. Detroit: Look out Royals
29. Milwaukee: Closer rips manager! Film at 11
30. Tampa Bay: Until MLB starts a 31st team
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